Constructive Feedback: Mean or Meaningful?

Why is it so tough to give constructive feedback? Is it because we’d rather be liked than be honest? Is it because we don’t want to be perceived as being judgmental or mean? Is it because it’s super uncomfortable to tell someone what you see that...

Creating with Intention, Acting with Commitment

I have been thinking about the relationship between intention and commitment. I am often working with people on taking their intentions, for example to be more grounded, and then turning that intention into a set of commitments that will support that outcome....

Cultivating Calm

Cultivating a sense of calm is not an easy thing to do. You actually have to put effort into it over some period of time, whereas anxiousness, worry, and stress require little to no effort or forethought. That is why I am so impressed by the commitments that are being...

The Little Window in My Pocket

I made a commitment that I am having the hardest time keeping. It is so simple, the first time I wrote it down, I thought no big deal. Was I ever wrong! My commitment is to not text, check email, or use my phone, computer, or tablet from the time I pick up my kids...

Calendar Crazy

This past month I started a new practice that has been helping me immensely. The practice that I’m incorporating into my routine is to print out a copy of my weekly schedule and sit down with it for about fifteen to thirty minutes before my week starts. This...

It’s time to jump. Are you ready?

Everything is going great, your hard work is paying off, things seem to be happening even better than you hoped and you can see that you are on the brink of realizing your goal/vision/plan and suddenly you start to panic. You feel yourself moving from the state that...